The United States Congress has secretly approved of the further funding and arming of what it euphemized as the moderate Syrian opposition until September, said US and European “security officials”, quoted by the Reuters news agency. Reuters appears to disseminate misinformation about the arming of “moderate rebels”.
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If the Reuters report, according to which the US Congress approved the financing of what is described as the “moderate rebels” until September is correct, then one must deduct that a) the US Congress has approved the United States’ state-sponsorship of terrorism, in violation of international law b) Reuters is making itself libel for charges of supporting internationally outlawed terrorist organizations by participating in the manufacturing of public consent for their support.

UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says there is a ”quite large” gap between rival sides in the Geneva II conference.
”To be blunt, I do not expect that we will achieve anything substantive,” Brahimi said at a press conference following Wednesday talks in the Swiss city.

Davoud Al-Sharian, famous host of the al-Thamina program on popular Saudi MBC channel has started using its show to criticize Saudi royals’ support for the war in Syria, making it subject of a wave of attacks by government-sponsored media across the Kingdom.